2023-07-18 02:59:46
The crisis in the United States due to the consumption of fentanyl, a drug that has displaced cocaine as one of the drugs that most affects the lives of citizens, is increasingly harsh. The videos in which they began to be seen with the ‘zombie drug’ boom, as it is also called, now have more and more incidence on social networks.
In 2021, most overdose deaths in North America are attributed to the drug, whose production may be on the rise. | Photo: Royalty Free
The previous month, the United Nations (UN) issued a statement warning regarding the “disastrous consequences” brought regarding by the sale of synthetic drugs, adding that fentanyl, the synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin “has radically changed opioid use in North America,” the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) wrote in a statement accompanying the release of its annual report.
On social networks, this week a video has gone viral showing the harsh reality of fentanyl users in the middle of the streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the images, three young people are seen in the middle of a platform, two of them seem conscious, but they do not have full control of their bodies, they are standing, but they let their trunks fall to the ground.
The other young man, who is sitting down with dirty clothes, seems to be falling asleep in the middle of the drug effect, and you can even see his neck affected by the sun.
As the video advances, next to them a young man enters, he is with his back once morest the gate of a business and also seems to be under the influence of drugs.
Nine-month-old baby died from fentanyl use
A nine-month-old baby died in recent days as a result of having consumed fentanyl that his mother put in his bottle to, according to her, make him fall asleep and thus be able to rest. The tragic case has generated outrage in Florida, United States, where the authorities have revealed new details of the event.
The agents immediately transferred the minor to a medical center to try to save his life, but unfortunately the doctors might not do anything and the child ended up dying.
The woman is in pretrial detention while the case once morest her progresses | Photo: Catharina van den Dikkenberg
As revealed at a press conference by the Nassau County Sheriff, Bill Leeper, the mother initially assured that she did not know what had happened and why her son had stopped breathing, as she explained that she put him to sleep and when he was to wake up, he did not respond.
The authorities began to carry out the respective investigations and the forensic report revealed that the child had fentanyl in his blood, so they were later able to find the bottle and, following carrying out some tests, confirmed that this object had traces of the drug. Apparently, while the investigations progressed, the young woman repeatedly changed her version of events, until she finally ended up confessing.
The mother thought the white powder she put in the bottle was cocaine | Photo: Getty Images/RyanJLane
“The boy had regarding 10 times the amount that would kill a person. The amount that he had in his system would kill approximately 10 people,” the sheriff said.
After the confession and the findings of the investigations, the mother was captured and is currently in pretrial detention while the case progresses, in which she is accused of the crimes of aggravated homicide and possession of controlled substances.
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